Car-register.



PATENTED MAR. 14:, 1905 P. A. SOHIERBERG.

GAR REGISTER.

APPLIOATION FILED OCT. 25, 1904.

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F. A. SGHIERBERG.

GAR REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED 001?.25, 1904.

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ATTEST (410. m xwyb'm UNITED STATES Patented March 14, 1905.

FREDERICK A. SCHIERBERG, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CAR-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 784,595, dated March 14, 1905.

Application filed October 25,1904. Serial No. 229,987.

To all whmn it nuty concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. ScniER- BERG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar Registers, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in car-recorders and it consists in the novel features herein shown, described, and claimed.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a railway track, showing my car-recorder in position for use, the car-truck being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the railway-track, showing the recorders in position for use as in Fig. 1, the car-truck and recorder-operating mechanism carried by the ear-truck being omitted. Fig. 3 is a top plan View, upon an enlarged scale, of the recorderoperating mechanism carried by the car truck, the car-truck being omitted. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail through the recorder-operating mechanism and through the recorder, the view being taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3 with reference to the recorder-operating mechanism and on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2 with reference to the recording mechanism. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail through the center of the recording mechanism on a line crosswise of Fig. 4, said view being taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2 with regard to the recording mechanism and upon the line 5 5 of Fig. 4 with the regard to the combination. Fig. 6 is an enlarged side elevation showing the connection between the recorder-operating mechanism and the recorder, the other parts being omitted. Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional detail of the stepby-step mechanism for advancing the recording-ribbons.

Referringto the drawings in detail, the recording mechanism is mounted upon the ties just inside of the rails, there being one recorder or series of recorders just inside of one of the rails and another recorder or series of recorders just inside of the other rail, so that the first series of recorders will be operated by a train going in. one direction and the other series of recorders will be operated by a train going in the opposite direction. Each recording mechanism comprises a base-plate 1.0 and a casing mounted upon the baseplate, said casing having guide-grooves 11 and 12, said grooves being open at both ends and flaring, there being gear-teeth 13 between said grooves, the upper paper-roller 1.4, mounted in the casing, a carbon-roller 15, mounted in the casing, the lower paper-roller 16, mounted in the casing, the guide-bar rinting plate 17, .mounted transversely at the center of the casing in position to gather the two strips of paper and the strip of carbon for simultaneous printing, feed-rollers 1S and 19, mounted on the opposite side of the guidebar from the paper rollers, and mechanism for operating the feed-rollers from the passing train. A transverse slot 21 is formed between the last two of the gear-teeth 13 immediate] y above the guide-bar 17. The feed-rollers 1S and 19 are mounted in posts 22. The spindle 23 of the roller 18 extends some distance through one of the posts, as shown in Fig. 7. A sprocket-wheel 24 is loosely mounted upon the outer end of the spindle 23 outside of the post. A ratchet-wheel 25 is fixed upon the spindle outside of the sprocket-wheel, and a pawl 26, carried by the sprocket-wheel, engages the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 25, so that when the sprocket-wheel moves forwardly the feed-roller is moved forwardly and when the sprocket-wheel moves backwardly the feedroller stands still. A spring 27 connects the sprocket-wheel 24 to one of the posts 22. An idler sprocket-wheel 28 is mounted upon a stub-shaft 29, and a sprocket-chain 30 is mounted upon the sprockets 24 and 28. An operating-arm 31 extends from the sproeket chain horizontally through a slot 32 into the groove 11.

The mechanism for operating the recorder is carried by the ear-truck. An attachingplate 33 is secured to the car-truck and has gears 34 at its forward ends. Segmental arms 35 and 36 extend inwardly from the forward ends of the attaching-plate 33 just back of the ears 34, said arms being concentric to the perforations in. the ears. The hinged arm 37 is connected to the ears 34 by a bolt 38, said arms swinging between the arms and 36. A cross-piece 39 is formed integral with the arm 37 immediately outside of the arms 35 and 36 and'the grooved side piece 39, the inner face of said arms having channels 42. A plate 43 is slidingly mounted with its edges in the channels 42, said plate being shorter than the side pieces and 41, so as to allow it to slide back and forth endwise. A cross-piece 44 is bolted to the inner ends of the sides 40 and 41, and springs 45 and 46 connect the plate 43 to the cross-pieces 39 and 44,1'espectively, the tension of said springs being exerted to hold the plate 43 in position relative to the end pieces. Bearing-blocks 47, 48, and 49 extend upwardly from the plate 43, said bearing-blocks being bored from the lower side of the plate to form the stop-housings 50, the sliding-bolt bearing 51, the spring-casing 52, and the spring stembearing 53. The stops 54 are slidingly mounted in the housing 50. The slidingb olt 55 is slidingly mounted in the bearing 51. The spring 56 is mounted in the casing 52 against the up ver end of the bolt 55, and the stem 57 extends upwardly from the upper end of the bolt through the spring into the bearing 53. The shanks 53 extend downwardly from the steps 54. A retaining-plate 5.) has openings through which the shanks 58 extend, and said plate is bolted to the plate 43 to engage the steps 54 and hold the sliding bolts in position. A roller-frame 60 is hinged to the lower end of the shanks in the bearing-blocks 47 and 49. Rollers 61 are mounted in these frames to engage in the grooves 11 and 12. The roller-frames 60 are hinged to the shanks, so that the roller may swing forwardly and not backwardly, as shown in Fig. 6. Springs 62 are secured to the shanks and extend downwardly to engage the roller-frames and hold the rollerframes yieldingly in their vertical positions. A spring-dog 63 extends downwardly from the lower end of one of the springs 62 in position to engage the operating-arm 31. A printing-roller frame 64 is hinged to the lower end of the central one of the shanks 58, there being a spring 65 secured to the shanks to engage the roller-frame and hold it in its normal vertical position, so that the roller may swing forwardly and not backwardly. The printing-roller is in the form of a cross, the arms 66 carrying the printing characters, said arms being adapted to engage between the gear-teeth 13 as the car approaches the recording device, said gearteeth serving to straighten the roller and get it lined up so that it will print upon the paper through the slot 21 as the car passes the recording device. A star 67 is secured to the end of the spindle of the printing-roller to be engaged by a spring, so that the roller will snap from one arm to the other of the star and be held in position to engage the teeth 12% prop erly.

When the train passes the recording device, the dog 63 engages the operating-arm 31 and moves the chain 30 forwardly a stop, thereby moving the feed-roller 1S and drawing the ribbons a step, so as to furnish a clean surface for the printing of the car name and number. Then as the dog 63 passes out of engagement with. the operating-arm the chain moves backwardly under the tension of the spring 27, so as to bring the operatingarm back to its normal position and ready for another movement forwardly.

The car names or numbers are impressed or engraved upon the edges of the arms 66, and each car carries the recorder-operating device, so that when a train of cars passes a certain recorder the names and numbers of the car will be printed upon the ribbons in the recording device.

The Ininting-roller normally occupies the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3 and is in position to engage the recording mechanisn'l.

\Vhen it is desired to swing the printingroller out of line with the recording mechanism, the frame is turned to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The frame is held in its operative position by the step-scrmr 63, mounted in the arm 35.

I claim- 1.. In a car-recorderz a series of recording mechanisms adapted to be mounted inside of one of the rails; a second series adapted to be mounted inside of the other rail; and operating mechanism adapted to be carried by the cars so that when. the car runs one way it will operate one series of recorders, and so that when the car runs the other way it will operate the other series of recorders.

2. In a car-recorder: a recording mechanism adapted to be mounted upon the track and having paper to receive the record and recorder-operating mechanism adapted to be carried by the car, and having means to make a record upon the paper as the car passes along the track.

3. In a car-recorder: recording mechanisms adapted to be mounted upon the track; a recorder-opcrating mechanism adapted to be carried by the car; and having means of identifying thecar upon the recording mechanism; said recording mechanisms and said recorder operating mechanisms being arranged so that the record will be made by the car going in either direction.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK A. SCI'IIERBEHG. lVitnesses:

ALFRED A. Eroxs,

JOHN C. Hronox. 

